# 蛙

| 蛙 | U+86D9, &#34521; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-86D9 |
| ← 蛘 [U+86D8] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蛚 → [U+86DA] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蛙 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 中戈土土 (LIGG), four-corner 5411$_4$, composition ⿰虫圭)

### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1081, character 25
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32997
* Dae Jaweon: page 1549, character 20
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2847, character 3
* Unihan data for U+86D9

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 街 | *kreː, *kreː |
| 鞋 | *ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː |
| 娾 | *ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ |
| 佳 | *kreː |
| 鮭 | *ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 涯 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 崖 | *ŋreː, *ŋre |
| 啀 | *ŋreː |
| 厓 | *ŋreː |
| 捱 | *ŋreː |
| 睚 | *ŋreːs |
| 娃 | *qreː |
| 洼 | *qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː |
| 哇 | *qreː, *qʷraː |
| 胿 | *ɡeː, *kʷeː |
| 溎 | *qeːns |
| 觟 | *ɡʷraːʔ |
| 黊 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː |
| 蘳 | *ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe |
| 蛙 | *qʷraː, *qʷreː |
| 窪 | *qʷraː |
| 卦 | *kʷreːs |
| 挂 | *kʷreːs |
| 掛 | *kʷreːs |
| 詿 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs |
| 罣 | *kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs |
| 絓 | *kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs |
| 鼃 | *ɢʷreː, *qʷreː |
| 圭 | *kʷeː |
| 珪 | *kʷeː |
| 邽 | *kʷeː |
| 閨 | *kʷeː |
| 袿 | *kʷeː |
| 窐 | *kʷeː, *ɡʷeː |
| 茥 | *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː |
| 桂 | *kʷeːs |
| 筀 | *kʷeːs |
| 奎 | *kʰʷeː |
| 刲 | *kʰʷeː |
| 蝰 | *kʰʷeː |
| 楏 | *kʰʷeː |
| 睳 | *qʰʷeː |
| 畦 | *ɡʷeː |
| 眭 | *ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi |
| 烓 | *qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ |
| 跬 | *kʰʷeʔ |
| 恚 | *qʷes |
| 硅 | *qʰʷreɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʷraː, *qʷreː) : semantic 虫 (“insect; creature”) + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).

### Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic (Sagart and Ma, 2020). Also compare Proto-Tai *krweːᴬ (“small frog”) (Schuessler, 2007).

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): wā (wa$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): waa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vâ
* Northern Min (KCR): uá
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): oa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ua$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: wā
*** Zhuyin: ㄨㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: wa
*** Wade–Giles: wa$^1$
*** Yale: wā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua
*** Palladius: ва (va)
*** Sinological IPA : /wä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: waa$^1$
*** Yale: wā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: waa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /waː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: va$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: va$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /va²⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: uá
*** Sinological IPA : /ua⁵⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa
*** Tâi-lô: ua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: oaf
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ua⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ua⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ua$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ua
*** Sinological IPA : /ua³³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit蛙 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ua²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /vɑ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /va⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /va²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ua²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ua²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ua⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /va⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /va⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /va⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ua⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ua̠⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /uɑ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ua²¹/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /va¹¹/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /uɑ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /va³¹/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /o⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /o⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ʔuɑ³³/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /o³³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ua³¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /ua¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ua³³/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /uɒ³³/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /uɑ⁴²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /va⁴⁴/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /wa⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /wa⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /wa⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /ua⁵⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ua⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ua⁵⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ua³³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ua²³/ |
* Middle Chinese: 'wea, 'wae
Rime :
| Character | 蛙 | 蛙 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 佳 (32) | 麻 (99) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed | Closed |
| Division (等) | II | II |
| Fanqie | 烏媧切 | 烏瓜切 |
| Baxter | 'wea | 'wae |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔˠuɛ/ | /ʔˠua/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔʷᵚæ/ | /ʔʷᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔuæi/ | /ʔua/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔwaɨj/ | /ʔwaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔuɛ/ | /ʔua/ |
| Wang Li | /wai/ | /wa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔwai/ | /ʔwa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | wā | wā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | waai$^1$ | waa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʷˤre/, /*qʷˤre/, /*m-qʷˤre/, /*m-qʷˤre/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʷraː/, /*qʷreː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 蛙 | 蛙 | 蛙 | 蛙 |
| Reading # | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | wā | wā | wā | wā |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ 'wae › | ‹ 'wea › | ‹ hwae › | ‹ hwea › |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷˁre/ (MC -ae for -ea) | /*qʷˁre/ | /*m-qʷˁre/ (MC -ae for -ea) | /*m-qʷˁre/ |
| English | frog | frog | frog | frog |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蛙 | 蛙 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| No. | 4552 | 4567 |
| Phonetic component | 圭 | 圭 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 窊 | 蛙 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʷraː/ | /*qʷreː/ |
| Notes | 見漢書即說文鼃 | 見漢書即說文鼃 |

#### Definitions

蛙
* frog
* (swimming) Short for 蛙泳 (wāyǒng, “breaststroke”).

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蛙, 田父 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 青蛙 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蛙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蛤蟆, 青蛙, 青乖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Wuchang (Yingchengzi) | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 青蛙, 青乖子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 蛤蟆 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 蛤蟆, 青蛙, 青乖子, 田雞 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 青蛙, 蛤蟆, 青罐兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 青蛙 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 青蛙, 田雞 as food |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Xianxian (Xiaoying) | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 田雞 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 蛤蟆 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 青蛙, 青蛙子, 蛤蟆 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 青崴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蚧巴子, 張拉崴子, 張崴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 青崴, 崴子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 歪子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 蛤蟆, 水雞兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 水雞子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 蛤蟆, 田雞, 水雞兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 青蛙, 蛤蟆, 水雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蛤蟆, 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 青蛙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 青雞 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 青蛙 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤蟆, 水雞兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 懶呱子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 田畝雞, 青蛙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 青蛙, 金蛤蟆, 長腿癩蛤蟆 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 青蛙 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 癩呱呱 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 蜞蟆兒, 青蜞蟆兒, 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 蛤蟆兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 青瘸蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 青蛙, 蛤蟆兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 瘸滾兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 蛤蟆, 綠蛤蟆, 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 青蛙, 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤蟆, 石蚌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 蛤蟆, 青蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 蛤蟆, 青皮蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 青蛙, 田雞, 石蚌 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 青蛙, 田雞, 青雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Lipu | 屎𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Pingle | 蟆𧊅, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yangshuo | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luzhai | 蟆𧊅, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蟆𧊅, 青蛙 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Binyang (Nanjie) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hechi (Yizhou) | 青蛙, 蟆𧊅 big, 田雞 big, 蟆𧊅崽 small |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Luocheng (Dongmen) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangzhou (Nalu) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 青蛤蟆 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 青蛙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 田雞, 水雞, 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 田雞子, 田雞, 水雞子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 田雞子, 田雞, 蛙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 青蛙子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 田雞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 蛤蟆, 水雞兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蛤蟆, 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 田雞 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 蛤蟆, 水雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤乸, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 青蛙, 田雞, 蛤乸, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 蛤𧊅, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 青蛙, 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 雙養 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 田雞, 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 田雞, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 蛤乸, 蛤𧊅 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 田雞, 蛤乸 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 蛤 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 田雞 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 田雞, 千里馬 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蛤蟆, 田雞, 老蛤 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蛤蟆 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鬼蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𧊅仔, 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 田雞 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 蚧嫲 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Changting | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 𧊅 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 𧊅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 𧊅子 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蛤蟆 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 蟆𧊅 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 蛤蟆, 𧊅哩, 蛤𧊅 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 𧊅仔 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 𧊅 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 水雞, 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 蛤蟆, 田雞 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 青蛙, 蛤蟆, 青疥 |
| Jin | Datong | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Linhe | 青蛙 |
| Jin | Jining | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 蛤蟆 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jin | Handan | 蛤蟆, 青蛙 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 青幫 |
| Jin | Suide | 蛤蟆 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 田狗, 水雞 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 青蛤, 黃䱝, 水雞 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 青蛤, 黃䱝, 水雞 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 黃䱝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 田蛤仔, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 埯魅坸仔, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 田蛤仔, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 大肚仔魚, 水雞, 田蛤仔, 杜蝛仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 水雞, 田蛤仔, 肚蛙 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 水雞, 四跤仔, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 水雞, 蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 水雞, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 水雞, 四跤魚, 田蛤仔, 田僑 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 水雞, 蛤婆, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 水雞, 田蛤仔 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 青老蛙 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 蛤虯, 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 水雞 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 水雞, 蛤虯 small |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 水雞, 蛤虯 small |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 蛤蛄, 蛤虯 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 蛤虯 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 田雞, 蛤 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 蛤, 田雞, 螻蛤 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 洋乜, 水雞 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 洋乜, 水雞 |
| Central Min | Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping) | 田狗 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 黃蛤, 青蛙 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 田雞 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蛤, 田雞 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蛤蟆 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 田雞 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Wu | Danyang | 田雞, 青蛙 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 田雞 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 癩斯, 青蛙癩斯, 田雞, 水雞 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 蛤蟆, 蛤蟆牯, 田雞 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 田雞, 蟥蟆 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 田雞, 蛤蟆 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 蛤蟆, 蛤蟆子, 蟆𧊅, 水雞 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 蟆𧊅, 蟆𧊅子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 蟆𧊅子 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 青蟆𧊅 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 蟆𧊅 |

##### Compounds

* 井底之蛙 (jǐngdǐzhīwā)
* 井底蛙
* 井底鳴蛙 / 井底鸣蛙
* 井蛙 (jǐngwā)
* 井蛙之見 / 井蛙之见 (jǐngwāzhījiàn)
* 井蛙語海 / 井蛙语海
* 井蛙醯雞 / 井蛙醯鸡
* 仰蛙兒浮 / 仰蛙儿浮
* 兩部蛙 / 两部蛙
* 坎井之蛙
* 坐井蛙
* 坎蛙
* 埳井之蛙
* 埳蛙
* 官蛙
* 局蛙
* 怒蛙
* 晉惠聞蛙 / 晋惠闻蛙
* 樹蛙 / 树蛙 (shùwā)
* 沈灶生蛙
* 沈灶產蛙
* 沉灶產蛙 / 沉灶产蛙
* 淫蛙
* 牛蛙 (niúwā)
* 瞋蛙
* 管窺蛙見 / 管窥蛙见
* 紫色蛙聲 / 紫色蛙声
* 蛙井喜
* 蛙人 (wārén)
* 蛙人操
* 蛙吹
* 蛙吠
* 蛙坎
* 蛙市
* 蛙式 (wāshì)
* 蛙怒
* 蛙歌
* 蛙泳 (wāyǒng)
* 蛙渚
* 蛙神
* 蛙聲 / 蛙声
* 蛙蚓
* 蛙蛭
* 蛙蛤
* 蛙蝦 / 蛙虾
* 蛙蟈 / 蛙蝈
* 蛙蟆勝負 / 蛙蟆胜负
* 蛙蠙衣 / 蛙𧏖衣
* 蛙角
* 蛙讙 / 蛙欢
* 蛙鏡 / 蛙镜
* 蛙鬧 / 蛙闹
* 蛙鳴 / 蛙鸣
* 蛙鳴狗吠 / 蛙鸣狗吠
* 蛙鳴蚓叫 / 蛙鸣蚓叫
* 蛙鳴蟬噪 / 蛙鸣蝉噪
* 蛙鳴鴟叫 / 蛙鸣鸱叫
* 蛙黽 / 蛙黾
* 蛙鼓
* 蛙鼓蟲吟 / 蛙鼓虫吟
* 蝭蛙
* 蠅聲蛙噪 / 蝇声蛙噪
* 赤蛙
* 踞蛙食蛤
* 軾怒蛙 / 轼怒蛙
* 軾蛙 / 轼蛙
* 金線蛙 / 金线蛙
* 闡蛙 / 阐蛙
* 雨蛙
* 青蛙 (qīngwā)
* 青蛙肢
* 鬥蛙 / 斗蛙
* 鳴蛙 / 鸣蛙
* 鼓吹鳴蛙 / 鼓吹鸣蛙

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jué (jue$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/

#### Definitions

蛙
* Only used in 蝭蛙.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: え (e)
* Kan-on: わ (wa)、わい (wai)
* Kan’yō-on: あ (a)
* Kun: かえる (kaeru, 蛙)、かわず (kawazu, 蛙)
* Nanori: かえる (kaeru)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 蛙
* かえる Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spellings
* 蛤 蝦
*⟨kape₁ru⟩ → /kaperu/ → /kaferu/ → /kaweru/ → /kajeru/ → /kaeru/
From Old Japanese.
The Nihon Kokugo Daijiten cites this to the Nihon Shoki of 720, however, that may only be traceable to supplemental glosses added later to the kanbun original.
Spelled phonetically once in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE, where it is used phonetically to spell the name of the maple tree, 楓 (kape₁rute > kaede). Generally regarded as the informal or everyday term for frog, in contrast to the formal or poetic term kawazu (see below).
The ultimate derivation is unclear, with numerous theories. Some of the leading ideas include:
* Cognate with 帰る (kaeru, “to return (to a point of origin)”), from the way that some species of frogs return to their birthplace to spawn
* Cognate with 孵る (kaeru, “to hatch (from an egg)”), in reference to tadpoles
* Derived from onomatopoeia, where kape originally referred to the frog's call, suffixed uncertain element -ru
The phonetic development went through a clear stage where the middle mora was pronounced /je/, as illustrated in the 1603 Nippo Jisho entry, spelled cayeru. This was likely a result of the Muromachi period sound shift, where /we/ shifted to /je/, followed later by /je/ merging into /e/ to produce modern /kaeru/.
Now the most common term for frog.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かえる [kàérú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠e̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Noun

蛙(かえる) or 蛙(カエル) • (kaeru)
* a frog (amphibious animal)

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カエル.

##### Derived terms

* 青蛙(あおがえる) (aogaeru)
* 赤蛙(あかがえる) (akagaeru)
* 雨蛙(あまがえる) (amagaeru)
* 蛙泳(かえるおよ)ぎ (kaeruoyogi)
* 蛙跳(かえるとび) (kaerutobi)
* 蛙跳(かえると)び (kaerutobi)
* 蛙股(かえるまた) (kaerumata)
* 蛙又(かえるまた) (kaerumata)
* 角蛙(つのがえる) (tsunogaeru)
* 殿様蛙(とのさまがえる) (tonosamagaeru)
* 蟇蛙(ひきがえる) (hikigaeru)

##### Descendants

* → Pohnpeian: kairu

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 蛙
* かわず Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
⟨kapadu⟩ → */kapadu/ → /kafad͡zu/ → /kawad͡zu/ → /kawazu/
The more formal or poetic counterpart to kaeru (see above). Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 CE.
The ultimate derivation is unclear, but the initial kawa portion (ancient kapa) is very likely 川, 河 (kawa, ancient kapa, “river”).
The phonetic development of the term had already progressed to kawadzu by 1603, as seen in the Nippo Jisho entry, spelled cauazzu.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かわず [kàwázú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠zɨ]

#### Noun

蛙(かわず) • (kawazu)
* (poetic) a frog (amphibious animal)
** 1686, 松尾芭蕉 Matsuo Bashō
    古池や蛙飛びこむ水の音ふるいけやかはづとびこむみづのおと (modern kana: ふるいけやかわずとびこむみずのおと) furuike ya kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto old pond -- a frog jumps in -- the sound of water
* (Noh theater) a specific mask used in certain Noh plays, depicting a drowned person

##### Derived terms

* 井(い)の中(なか)の蛙大海(かわずたいかい)を知(し)らず (i no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu): “a frog in a well does not know the great ocean” → metaphor of a narrow world view based on limited experience

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 蛙
* かいる Hyōgai
* kun'yomi
⟨kaperu⟩ → /kaperu/ → /kaferu/ → /kaweru/ → /kajeru/ → /kairu/
Sound shift. Existed alongside earlier kayeru in the late 1500s, early 1600s, as seen in the 1603 Nippo Jisho entry, spelled cairu.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠iɾɯ̟]

#### Noun

蛙(かいる) • (kairu)
* (archaic, possibly obsolete) a frog (amphibious animal)

### Etymology 4

* Kanji in this term
* 蛙
* あ Hyōgai
* kan'yōon

#### Affix

蛙(あ) • (a)
* frog (amphibious animal)

##### Derived terms

* 蛙黽(あぼう) (abō)
* 蛙鳴(あめい) (amei)

### See also

* 蟇(ひき)蛙(がえる) (hikigaeru, “toad”)
* 御(お)玉(たま)杓(じゃく)子(し) (otamajakushi, “tadpole”)

### References

* ↑ “蛙・蛤・蝦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Omodaka, Hisataka (1967) 時代別国語大辞典 上代編 [The dictionary of historical Japanese: Old Japanese] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 8, poem 1623:
* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎ (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here towards the bottom of the right-hand column
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* 1 2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 3, poem 356:, text here
* ↑ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎ (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here, fifth entry from the bottom of the right-hand column
* ↑ Ishizuka, Harumichi (1976 [1603]) 日葡辞書: パリ本 [Nippo Jisho: Paris edition / Vocabulary of the Language of Japan]‎ (overall work in Japanese and Portuguese), Tōkyō: Bensei Publishing, text here as the fourth entry in the right-hand column, defined in Portuguese as raã, typographic variant of rãa, earlier form of modern rã (“frog”)

## Korean
### Hanja

蛙 • (wa, wae) (hangeul 와, 왜, revised wa, wae, McCune–Reischauer wa, wae, Yale wa, way)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

蛙: Hán Nôm readings: oa
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